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22 General Assembly-Thirty-first Session provide the Committee with all the necessary facilities for the performance of its tasks, including summary records of its meetings; 8. Decides to include the item entitled "Question of Palestine" in the provisional agenda of its thirty- second session. 77th plenary meeting 24 November 1976 31/21. Admission of new Members to the United Nations The General Assembly, Having examined the special report of the Security Council to the General Assembly,38 Taking note of the letter of 18 November 1976 from the Permanent Observer of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to the United Nations addressed to the President of the General Assembly,39 Convinced of the ability and willingness of the Social- ist Republic of Viet Nam to carry out the obligations of the Charter of the United Nations, Reiterating its conviction that the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam is fully qualified for membership in the United Nations in accordance with Article 4 of the Charter, Recalling that resolution 3366 (XXX) of 19 Sep- tember 1975, in which the General Assembly requested the Security Council to reconsider immediately and fa- vourably the application of Viet Nam, was adopted by 123 votes in favour and none against, Noting that in the general debate of the current ses- sion of the General Assembly the admission of Viet Nam to membership in the United Nations received the unequivocal and widespread support of the Members of the Organization, Expressing deep regret and concern that, on 15 No- vember 1976,40 one negative vote by a permanent member of the Security Council prevented the adoption of the draft resolution supported by fourteen members of the Council recommending the admission of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to membership in the United Nations, 1. Considers that the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam should be admitted to membership in the United Nations; 2. Accordingly recommends that the Security Coun- cil should reconsider the matter favourably in strict conformity with Article 4 of the Charter of the United Nations. 80th plenary meeting 26 November 1976 31/44. Admission of the People's Republic of Angola to membership in the United Nations The General Assembly, Having received the recommendation of the Security Council of 22 November 1976 that the People's Re- 88 Jbid., Thirty-first Session, Annexes, agenda item 26, docu- ment A/31/330. ao A/31/349. 40 See Official Records of the Security Council, Thirty-first Year, 1972nd meeting. public of Angola should be admitted to membership in the United Nations,41 Having considered the application for membership of the People's Republic of Angola,42 Decides to admit the People's Republic of Angola to membership in the United Nations. 84th plenary meeting 1 December 1976 31/60. Appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations The General Assembly, Acting in accordance with the recommendation con- tained in Security Council resolution 400 (1976) of 7 December 1976,43 Expressing its appreciation for the effective and ded- icated service rendered to the United Nations by Mr. Kurt Waldheim during his first term of office, Appoints Mr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General of the United Nations for a second term of office beginning on I January 1977 and ending on 31 December 1981. 93rd plenary meeting 8 December 1976 31/61. The situation in the Middle East The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 3414 (XXX) of 5 December 1975 and noting with concern that no progress has been achieved towards the implementation of that reso- lution, in particular its paragraph 4, Recalling the debate held in the Security Council in January 197644 on the Middle East problem including the Palestinian question, in implementation of subpara- graph (a) of Council resolution 381 (1975) of 30 No- vember 1975, Deeply concerned at the increasing deterioration of the situation in the Middle East due to continued Israeli occupation and Israel's refusal to implement United Nations resolutions, Reaffirming the necessity of establishing a just and lasting peace in the region based on full respect for the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations as well as for the resolutions concerning the problem of the Middle East and the question of Palestine, t. Affirms that the early resumption of the Peace Conference on the Middle East with the participation of all the parties concerned, including the Palestine Liberation Organization, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 3375 (XXX) of 10 November 1975, is essential for the realization of a just and lasting settlement in the region; 41 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-first Ses- sion, Annexes, agenda item 26, document A/31/340. 42 A/31/85-S/ 12064. For the printed text, see Official Rec- ords of the Security Council, Thirty-first Year, Supplement for April, May and June 1976. 43 Official Records of tile General Assembly, Thirty-first Ses- sion, Annexes, agenda item 17, document A/31/393. 44 See Official Records of the Security Council, Thirty-first Year, 1870th to 1879th meetings.

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